Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-30

old colored woman with piece OF SOW
belly on her head and ham or
shoulder under each arm making for
her cabin in the outskirts. The store
that could not be removed were burned,
/, were also the railroad bridges and the
boats on the river. General carnage
and pillage prevailed. Such Sunday
was never witnessed before in Nash
Vile, and very probably never will be
again.
Time proved tho folly of this haste
to destroy what the people had ample
time to at least partially consume, as
it was several days before the Federal
forces entered Nashville.
The Morgan Banquet at Pulaski.
During the early part of the civil
strife General John Morgan served the
generous people of Pulaski, Tenn, and
vicinity very shabby trick, for which
they have probably never forgiven him.
It was case of sighted hospitality
that the people of the South would
never brook. Though General Morgan
was not solely to blame for it, the old
residents of that section still hold q
grudge against his memory.
On the first occupancy of that Sec
ton by the Federal authorities, the
practice was adopted of leaving COM
mand at every town in order to keep
the people in subsection. The result
was very rapid depletion of the adj
vancing forces. Pulaski, with the other
places, was made a military post of
this kind, and the Seventh Kentucky
Infantry went into camp there. One
day the great Confederate scout, with
his band, swooped down upon the vii
lage and captured the little Federal
army and all of the stores and ac-
couterments of war. In fact, SO rapid
was General Morgan's descent that be-
fore the boys in blue were aware of the
presence of Confederate soldiers they
were surrounded by cavalry and or
dered to surrender. Being outnum-
bered and in no condition to show fight,
they gracefully capitulated, and were
General Morgan was then the hero
of the hour. He rode a fine black
horse with flowing name and tail,
and his fine figure and dauntless cour
age captivated the hearts Of the Pu
laski ladies. They idolized him, and
begged for mementos Of the event,
which demand he attempted to supply
by clipping bits of the long hair from
the name and tail of his charger until
the animal was almost shorn of these
members.
Straightway arrangements were set
in motion to give a barbecue in honor
of General Morgan. A subscription
was started among the men, and the
women folks set about preparing all
sorts of delicacies for the feast Word
was sent to the farmers and planters to
come to the Morgan banquet with we'll
filed baskets. AS matter of course
they responded and gathered together
the choicest of their bounty for the oc-
casion.
On the morning of the day set for
the feast, General Sigel doomed upon
the scene, all unwelcome guest, but
with q sort of "yust comes to ged a
leedle Of der bicnic already" AS the
town was too small to hold two great
men, General Morgan retired, and
about as suddenly as he came o few
days before. General Sigel's descent
had been by dextrous movement, and
before the people we're informed of
the presence of Federal troops they
were patrolling the outskirts. No
word could thus be sent to the plant
ers informing them that the Morgan
festivities had been postponed for OBJ
vious reasons. So they drove into town
with their wagons and carriages filled
with good things. The Union BOYS
were appraised Of their mission and per-
mitted them to pass within the lines.
AS long tables had been arranged in
the grove ready to groan beneath this
bounty, the Federal boys thought the
picnic might as we'll proceed, and if
| General Morgan was not present it was
his own loss. So they collected the
eatables brought in by the planters,
set the tables, and, unlike the feast of
Biblical times, the stock did not in
crease, but there were several basket
fuls left after it was over, which were
utilized for lunch. The boys had just
come off of long march, were hungry,
and doubtless enjoyed the feast with a
keener relish than would Morgan and
his men had they remained.
It was during General Sigel's occu-
poAASJ VI l. uAhonA lA1U NC 1873 ucO LIS
famous verbal order, 81 shust shuts
mine eyes for che hours"
Gen. Donaldson's Fortunate Mis-
take.
We quote the following war anecdote
by r. H. Eddy: Prior to the battle of
Nashville Major General James l..
Donaldson (who won honors in the
Mexican war, and who died in the
spring of 1856 was quartermaster I'M
der General Thomas. He once told me
the following incident
Having occasion to purchase mules
for the army, he ordered q person in
whom he had confidence to visit the
contiguous Northern States, inadyert-
emily saying to him, Buy as many as
you can"-not supposing he would be
able to secure more than few thou
sand at the most. Some weeks after
ward, Just before the attack upon
Hoods army, General Donaldson, on
meeting his agent, inquired how many
mules he had been able to secure,
10 the amazement Of the General,
ne was informed that twenty
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